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Delivering tree genetic resources in forest and landscape restoration

A guide to ensuring local and global impact

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 144 p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-138426-8

Series title Forestry Working Paper

Series number No. 40

Synopsis (short abstract) In the last 25 years, almost 50 million hectares of primary forest have been lost due to deforestation. Numerous international initiatives such as the Bonn Challenge and the New York Declaration on Forests have set ambitious goals to restore degraded and deforested lands by 2030. Realizing global commitments on forest and landscape restoration (FLR) will require the establishment of billions of trees on millions of hectares of degraded land to address the triple crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change and failing food systems. A significant amount of FLR will require tree planting or increasing tree cover in production landscapes.

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Gaisberger, H., Jalonen, R.,  Vinceti, B., Elias, M., Kettle, C.J., Thomas, E., DeRidder, B., Besacier, C., Koskela, J., DeDato, G., DiMatteo, G., Boudagher, M., Dharmawan, I.W.S., Yuskianti, V., Fady, B., Odee, D., Ping, H., Yongqi, Z., Rossetto, M., Tolentino, Jr, E.L., Warrier, R. & Yasodha, R. 2023. Delivering tree genetic resources in forest and landscape restoration – A guide to ensuring local and global impact. Forestry Working Paper, No. 40. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8955en

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